RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1653
year: 1212
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Patriarch of Alexandria
text: Jan. 18. Lateran. Pope Innocent III replies to the patriarch of Alexandria, who has written concerning the Christian captives held in Alexandria and Cairo [Babylonia] and has asked for assistance from the Knights Templar, the Hospitallers of St John, kings and princes. He has ordered the patriarch of Jerusalem to work for an exchange and to give him advice. The patriarch of Alexandria has informed the pope that the captives have only one old priest to minister to them and that they have asked him to ordain one of themselves as deacon. Innocent supports their request and authorizes this procedure.
Jan. 18. Lateran. Pope Innocent III replies to the patriarch of Alexandria, who has written concerning the Christian captives held in Alexandria and Cairo [Babylonia] and has asked for assistance from the Knights Templar, the Hospitallers of St John, kings and princes. He has ordered the patriarch... more
sources: Innocent III, ‘Register’ 216:506-7, no. 146
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1652
year: 1212
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem
institution: Templars
additional institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Jan. 13. Lateran. Pope Innocent III informs the patriarch of Jerusalem that he has heard from the patriarch of Alexandria about Christian prisoners in Alexandria. The patriarch of Alexandria has asked him to work for an exchange of prisoners. Innocent orders the patriarch of Jerusalem to facilitate an exchange and to raise subventions for that purpose, persuading the Knights Templar, Hospitallers of St John, kings and princes to assist him.
Jan. 13. Lateran. Pope Innocent III informs the patriarch of Jerusalem that he has heard from the patriarch of Alexandria about Christian prisoners in Alexandria. The patriarch of Alexandria has asked him to work for an exchange of prisoners. Innocent orders the patriarch of Jerusalem to facilitate... more
sources: Innocent III, ‘Register’ 216:507-9, no. 147
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1684
year: 1213
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem
institution: Templars
text: Mar. 15-22. Lateran. Pope Innocent records that the patriarch of Jerusalem has informed him that, after the bishop of Sidon had left the Holy Land for the Holy See, a letter had arrived from the king of Cilician Armenia offering immediate peace with the Knights Templar, humbly begging for absolution from his excommunication and asking for justice in his case and that of his nephew against the count of Tripoli. Meanwhile the count of Tripoli had argued that as he held Antioch from the emperor of Constantinople he was exempt from patriarchal jurisdiction. The pope orders the patriarch of Jerusalem to absolve the king from his excommunication, but to deny him and his nephew justice in their dispute with the count of Tripoli for the time being, because of his grave offences. As for the count of Tripoli, his argument that he is subject to the emperor of Constantinople should be dismissed as frivolous and inane.
Mar. 15-22. Lateran. Pope Innocent records that the patriarch of Jerusalem has informed him that, after the bishop of Sidon had left the Holy Land for the Holy See, a letter had arrived from the king of Cilician Armenia offering immediate peace with the Knights Templar, humbly begging for... more
sources: Innocent III, ‘Register’ 216:792-3, no. 7 (RRH no. 863)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1686
year: 1213
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Bishops, clergy and laity throughout Christendom
text: Apr. 19. Lateran. In the general letter, Vineam Domini Sabaoth, Pope Innocent III addresses the bishops, clergy and laity throughout Christendom, including the archbishops, bishops, abbots and priors in Cyprus and [Cilician] Armenia, the episcopus Maronitanensis, the king of Cyprus and the magistri and brothers of the Knights Templar and the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. He appeals for the recovery of the Holy Land and the reform of Church. He convokes a general council, to be held on 1 November 1215. In the meantime he will be calling on individuals in each province to enquire into what is needed to further the needs of the Holy Land.
Apr. 19. Lateran. In the general letter, Vineam Domini Sabaoth, Pope Innocent III addresses the bishops, clergy and laity throughout Christendom, including the archbishops, bishops, abbots and priors in Cyprus and [Cilician] Armenia, the episcopus Maronitanensis, the king of Cyprus and the magistri... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:171-4, no. b-40; Innocent III, ‘Register’ 216:823-7, no. 30
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1687
year: 1213
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: al-‘Adil [Saphadinus soldanus Damasci et Babyloniae]
text: Apr. 26. Pope Innocent III recommends his emissaries P. scriptor and Rogerius militie Templi to al-‘Adil [Saphadinus soldanus Damasci et Babyloniae] and, to avoid more devastation and the spilling of blood, encourages him to return Jerusalem and its territories to him and to release captives.
Apr. 26. Pope Innocent III recommends his emissaries P. scriptor and Rogerius militie Templi to al-‘Adil [Saphadinus soldanus Damasci et Babyloniae] and, to avoid more devastation and the spilling of blood, encourages him to return Jerusalem and its territories to him and to release captives.
sources: Luchaire, ‘Un document retrouvé’, p. 567 (RRH no. 864)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1688
year: 1213
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Patriarch Albert of Jerusalem
text: After Apr. 26. Pope Innocent III informs Patriarch Albert of Jerusalem that he has written to al-‘Adil. He asks the patriarch to provide encouragement to King John of Jerusalem, the Hospitallers of St John and the Knights Templar in their defence of the Holy Land. He invites the patriarch to attend the Fourth Lateran Council.
After Apr. 26. Pope Innocent III informs Patriarch Albert of Jerusalem that he has written to al-‘Adil. He asks the patriarch to provide encouragement to King John of Jerusalem, the Hospitallers of St John and the Knights Templar in their defence of the Holy Land. He invites the patriarch to attend... more
sources: Innocent III, ‘Register’ 216:830-1, no. 36
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1689
year: 1213
initiator: Pope Innocent III
text: Apr. 19-29. In Quia maior, his proclamation of the Fifth Crusade, Pope Innocent III states that he has heard that the Saraceni have occupied Mons Thabor.
Apr. 19-29. In Quia maior, his proclamation of the Fifth Crusade, Pope Innocent III states that he has heard that the Saraceni have occupied Mons Thabor.
sources: Tangl, Studien, p. 91
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1690
year: 1213
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem
institution: Templars
text: Jul. 25. Segni. Having heard from the patriarch of Jerusalem that the Knights Templar, more from simplicity than malice, have been exacting payment for entry into their Order, Pope Innocent III orders the patriarch to forbid this and to expel any brothers who in future are admitted in this way, but to be tolerant with those who in the past have acted through ignorance. Those in the Order who have been admitted to the subdiaconate, since they engaged in warfare, should be treated in the same way provided they abstain from the spilling of blood.
Jul. 25. Segni. Having heard from the patriarch of Jerusalem that the Knights Templar, more from simplicity than malice, have been exacting payment for entry into their Order, Pope Innocent III orders the patriarch to forbid this and to expel any brothers who in future are admitted in this way, but... more
sources: Innocent III, ‘Register’ 216:890-1, no. 90
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1693
year: 1213
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem and the archbishop of Tyre
text: Dec. 15. Lateran. Pope Innocent III has heard from Countess Blanche of Champagne and her son Thibaut that Erardus de Brena has travelled to the Holy Land to marry one of the daughters of Henricus comes Campaniae against the laws of consanguinity. The pope orders the patriarch of Jerusalem and the archbishop of Tyre to prevent the marriage.
Dec. 15. Lateran. Pope Innocent III has heard from Countess Blanche of Champagne and her son Thibaut that Erardus de Brena has travelled to the Holy Land to marry one of the daughters of Henricus comes Campaniae against the laws of consanguinity. The pope orders the patriarch of Jerusalem and the... more
sources: Innocent III, ‘Register’ 216:941, no. 150
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1682
year: 1213
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: King Leon I of Cilician Armenia
text: Feb. 28. Lateran. Pope Innocent III reprimands the king of Cilician Armenia for his excesses in the principality of Antioch, his violation of treaties and his promises. The pope has heard from the patriarch of Antioch and many others that the king had broken his written commitment to a truce, had sent his nephew Raymond Rupen with a large army into the territory of Antioch, had ravaged and burnt casalia belonging to the churches and carried off loot amounting to more than 100000 besants. Leon had received a man who had been deposed as patriarch of Antioch. He had replaced the archbishop-elect of Tarsus [Tarsensis] with a Greek, expelled the Latins and divided the church’s possessions among his milites. Innocent warns the king that he has ordered the patriarch of Jerusalem, his suffragans and the bishops of Cyprus to enforce the excommunication of the king, his nephew and his supporters until satisfaction is made. He has forbidden the kings of Jerusalem and Cyprus, the Knights Templar, the Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem and any peregrini in the province of Jerusalem to have any relations with those who have been excommunicated.
Feb. 28. Lateran. Pope Innocent III reprimands the king of Cilician Armenia for his excesses in the principality of Antioch, his violation of treaties and his promises. The pope has heard from the patriarch of Antioch and many others that the king had broken his written commitment to a truce, had... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:169-71, no. b-39 (RRH no. 862)